Sport Central Association
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 136121878RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,656,611) as filed with the CRA.
Sport Central Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $250K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $572K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The collection repair and redistribution of donated sports and recreational equipment including bicycles to children in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $72K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $83K | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $832K | $623K | $67K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $798K | $678K | $506K | $60K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $572K | $549K | $425K | $13K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $250K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- Canadahelps Canadon$66K
- Hockey Alberta Foundation$35K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$26K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$6,034
- The Leder Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Heromado Foundation$3,940
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$591
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$763K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Stelfox (president); Reed Clarke (director); Kevin Kobi (director); Matthew Rudd (treasurer); Matthew Hewson (secretary); Jessica Buckwold (director); Gene Principe (director); Wyan Shankaruk (vice president); Grant Sanderson (director); Brent Lydiatt (director); Alisha Hurley (director); Jay Tomlinson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sport Central Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136121878RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.